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The Story of Sumo (2005)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 40M

Sinopse

Sumo wrestling is the national sport of Japan dating back over 1500 years. The huge but graceful wrestlers proceed with precision and great formality through the elaborate ceremonies and ornamentation. That doesn't stop crowds from going wild as the two huge wrestlers dressed only in loincloths battle each other. There is nothing crude about the fight; it proceeds in a series of infinitesimal moves made with as much power as the individual wrestler can summon. When one wrestler's foot is out of the ring, or any part of his body touches the ground, the other has won. A bout rarely lasts even a minute. Japanese schoolboys learn Sumo as their North American peers learn hockey and baseball.

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Memórias de uma Gueixa

Chiyo foi vendida a uma casa de gueixas quando ainda era menina, em 1929, onde é maltratada pelos donos e por Hatsumomo, uma gueixa que tem inveja de sua beleza. Acolhida por Mameha, a principal rival de Hatsumomo, Chiyo ao crescer se torna a gueixa Sayuri. Reconhecida, ela passa a desfrutar de uma sociedade repleta de riquezas e privilégios até que a 2ª Guerra Mundial modifica radicalmente sua realidade no Japão.

Um verão com Coo

Uma pequena criatura chamada Coo sobreviveu milagrosamente por 200 anos. Quando o jovem Koicho a encontra, decide levá-la para casa com sua família, com quem viverá grandes aventuras, mas logo terá que enfrentar seu passado trágico.

A Matter of Size

Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

Luca

The fascinating story of Luca Prodan, Italo-Scottish Idol of Argentina's mythical Sumo Rock Band, and innovator of Latin American rock. His past as a pupil in Gordonstoun, Scotland's elitist college. His rebellious adolescence and fatal flirtation with heroin. His London years in the heart of the Punk explosion, and miraculous 're-birth' in dictatorship-ridden Argentina. South America's Ian Curtis... with a twist.

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A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.

Ushi Must Marry

Ushi Hirosaki has to marry according to Japanese tradition before her 30th birthday. Because time is running out, her family decides she has to marry a huge sumo wrestler. A rather unfortunate combination, so Ushi wants to look for a nicer candidate herself. She travels halfway around the world to find her dream husband. Along the way she does valiant efforts, for example to learn table manners and to lose her Japanese accent.

Secret Society

Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.

China Town

Three childhood friends Mathukutty, Binoy and Zachariah re-unite in Goa to fight a Casino don who was responsible for the deaths of their fathers.